"have been overdue" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to describe something that was expected or should have been done by a certain time but has not been completed yet. Example: The project deadline was last week, but due to unforeseen circumstances, it has been overdue.
For some, that decision may have been overdue.
The elevators appear to have been overdue for an inspection.
Economists at Goldman Sachs expect a budget deficit of around 8.4% this year.If only the spree had been more productive: a massive investment in India's infrastructure would have been overdue.
"I think, unfortunately, it sometimes takes a tragedy to force people to review and to look at things and make changes that may have been overdue," said Dr. Myron Schwartz, the director of the adult liver transplant unit at Mount Sinai.
He tweeted: "Great team performance today - have been overdue a big win like that... Nice to finally open my account also!" Jack Wilshere reflected on Bournemouth's loss to Manchester City on Saturday with this tweet: "Tough game yesterday against a great Man City team.
China has a large number of loans that have been overdue for more than 90 days.
But what small companies have are overdue notices from their insurance companies, employees waving deposit slips on the 15th and 30th, and late-payment fees adding up on their personal credit cards.
Els, one of Scott's closest friends on tour, said the changes had been overdue.
"We've been overdue for a pullback," said Raymond Dooley, a retired farmer and insurance salesman here.
You can see what it meant to him in Seville to get the goals he has been overdue with us.
This boosted the president's stature without terminally alienating the troops, who felt the old men at the top had been overdue retirement.
